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williams company. the governor set up meetings for mr. williams where top state officials. and the governor also appeared to show some interest in encouraging public universities to conduct clinical studies of a chemical found in the supplement. he insisted emphatically that that doesn't sort of constitute an official action of the kind that is usually used in corruption statutes. it's just sort of helping out an interested constituent with a business. >> and there are references to the mcdoneels lying to investigators? >> that's a charge leveled at the first lady who was interviewed by investigators in february. and the authorities say during that interview she said, for instance, that her husband had met mr. williams years ago when the two worked together. in fact, they had only met in 2009 when he was running for governor. she also said that they were making periodic payments on a loan that mr. williams had made to them, that wasn't true. they had made no payments to mr. williams until after we had started writing stories about this. and the governor paid back all the mo
williams company. the governor set up meetings for mr. williams where top state officials. and the governor also appeared to show some interest in encouraging public universities to conduct clinical studies of a chemical found in the supplement. he insisted emphatically that that doesn't sort of constitute an official action of the kind that is usually used in corruption statutes. it's just sort of helping out an interested constituent with a business. >> and there are references to the...
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i never promised at mr. williams and his company never received any government benefit of any kind from me or from my administration. >> the indictment includes the details of that long gift list, from designer dresses, golf clubs, iphones, a silver engraved rolex. it includes a shopping trip in new york for mrs. mcdonnell, where the former ceo of star scientific spent $11,000 on her out oscar de la ren that, $5,000 at louis vuitton. let me bring in our company, anna palmer, alex, political correspondent for the national journal. good morning. >> good morning. >> alex, you heard what the former governor said, he said he used poor judgment but didn't do anything illegal. now look, neither one of us is a lawyer, but is the question here the line between what's ethically wrong and what's legally wrong? >> yeah, i think that's right. even if these charges don't stick, even if he's acquitted, his career is over. this behavior is so unseemly. you can read the indictment and it's just something that is just icky an
i never promised at mr. williams and his company never received any government benefit of any kind from me or from my administration. >> the indictment includes the details of that long gift list, from designer dresses, golf clubs, iphones, a silver engraved rolex. it includes a shopping trip in new york for mrs. mcdonnell, where the former ceo of star scientific spent $11,000 on her out oscar de la ren that, $5,000 at louis vuitton. let me bring in our company, anna palmer, alex,...
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i repeat, again, emphatically, that i did nothing illegal for mr. williams in exchange for what i believed was his personal friendship and his generosity. >> the best defense mcdonnell's team has appeared to have over the last six months is it was pressure from his wife that led the governor down this path. but the 43-page, 14-count indictment is a story of a couple that appears to be desperate to live above their means, and who found a sugar daddy in johnny williams. maureen mcdonnell wrote in an e-mail to an aide, we are broke, we have an unconscionable amount in credit card debt already, and this inaugural is killing us. when the aide expressed concerns about an offer by johnny williams to buy maureen mcdonnell an inaugural gown, that did not sit well with her. prosecutors say maureen mcdonnell told williams she would take a rain check, so she said no to the gown at the time. according to the indictment, this is what happened. in april 2011, williams took maureen mcdonnell dress shopping in new york city where he spent almost $11,000 at oscar de
i repeat, again, emphatically, that i did nothing illegal for mr. williams in exchange for what i believed was his personal friendship and his generosity. >> the best defense mcdonnell's team has appeared to have over the last six months is it was pressure from his wife that led the governor down this path. but the 43-page, 14-count indictment is a story of a couple that appears to be desperate to live above their means, and who found a sugar daddy in johnny williams. maureen mcdonnell...
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>> i did nothing illegal for mr. williams in exchange for what i believe was his personal friendship and his generosity. >>> syrian peace talks get ugly fast when the u.n. secretary-general became entangled in a heated exchange with assad's foreign minister. >> i have the right to give the syrian version here in this forum. >> yes, of course, sir. >>> and olympic threats. u.s. officials say the terror threat level in sochi is higher than for any previous olympics. will russia accept u.s. help to keep athletes and visitors safe? >> reporter: there's been this conversation between president obama and vladimir putin in which security was discussed. the most senior military leaders between the two countries are talking, potentially even discussing sharing equipment. but while all of these conversations are happening here in sochi, security is very tight. >>> important breaking news, reports of a possible shooting on the campus of the university of oklahoma. the university of oklahoma police say that -- they are telling u
>> i did nothing illegal for mr. williams in exchange for what i believe was his personal friendship and his generosity. >>> syrian peace talks get ugly fast when the u.n. secretary-general became entangled in a heated exchange with assad's foreign minister. >> i have the right to give the syrian version here in this forum. >> yes, of course, sir. >>> and olympic threats. u.s. officials say the terror threat level in sochi is higher than for any previous...
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. >> i never promised, and mr. williams and his company never received any government benefit of any kind from me, or from my administration. no contract, loan, grant, funding, legislation, budget appropriation. regulation, border commission assignment, or any other official state benefit. and not one penny of taxpayer money went to him or to star scientific during our administration. not one penny. >> mcdonnell claims prosecutors are guilty of what he called unjust overreach. he said he will be vicinity indicated at trial. >>> this morning, chris christie is getting new advice about his future from a republican bigwig who says maybe it's time for the new jersey governor to step back a little bit from his national ambition. a former attorney general and gubernatorial candidate ken cuccinelli tells cnn's "cross fire" he thinks christie to give up his role as chairman of the republican governor committee and focus on home. >> i think just from the perspective of setting this aside an issue in other races, it makes se
. >> i never promised, and mr. williams and his company never received any government benefit of any kind from me, or from my administration. no contract, loan, grant, funding, legislation, budget appropriation. regulation, border commission assignment, or any other official state benefit. and not one penny of taxpayer money went to him or to star scientific during our administration. not one penny. >> mcdonnell claims prosecutors are guilty of what he called unjust overreach. he...
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. >> i never promised, and mr. williams and his company never received, any government benefit of any kind from me or from my administration. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say mcdonnell and his wife maureen accepted more than $135,000 in gifts and loans from one person johnny williams the former ceo of the virginia-based company star scientific, a manufacturer of dietary supplements. the two men met when mcdonnell was running for governor in 2009, and the money started flowing soon afterwards. according to a 43-page indictment williams gave governor mcdonald and his wife free flights on his private jet and shopping sprees worth tens of thousands of dollars. williams even paid for the catering at the governor's daughter's wedding and bought the governor a $6,500 rolex at maureen's request. in exchange the indictment says, virginia's first couple performed official actions on an as-needed basis to legitimize promote, and obtain research studies for star scientific's products. it wasn't that long ago that mcdonnell
. >> i never promised, and mr. williams and his company never received, any government benefit of any kind from me or from my administration. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say mcdonnell and his wife maureen accepted more than $135,000 in gifts and loans from one person johnny williams the former ceo of the virginia-based company star scientific, a manufacturer of dietary supplements. the two men met when mcdonnell was running for governor in 2009, and the money started flowing...
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first of all i want to say off the top, mr. copps is my hero. i watched him sometime back when william powell, colin powells son was sitting on the board pretty much throwing the fcc, trying to do the fcc under the bus, as far as i was concerned. and i have to say that absorbing all this, me as a consumer, customer, i go to places like cbc, link tv which i contributed in order to get news that's not mandated or put out by big media, or al-jazeera. but i do this because i cannot get content that is informative in this country because it is owned by big business. and here is mr. mcdowell trying to say calmly at these companies have the right to come to the internet, which the taxpayers subsidy, although the military came up with it and now they want to privatize this. so they will control the content now. another place i go to for news of course is the internet. now when a cookie in it i have to be concerned that i won't have access to independent content either because he's saying something maybe we'll have to be either anti-confederate or blah,
first of all i want to say off the top, mr. copps is my hero. i watched him sometime back when william powell, colin powells son was sitting on the board pretty much throwing the fcc, trying to do the fcc under the bus, as far as i was concerned. and i have to say that absorbing all this, me as a consumer, customer, i go to places like cbc, link tv which i contributed in order to get news that's not mandated or put out by big media, or al-jazeera. but i do this because i cannot get content that...